Speaking
by gregg on Nov 16, 2007
Upcoming Talks
The Art of Testing Web Applications
April 22nd, 2008 - San Francisco, Ca - As Web Frameworks have evolved into best practices, methods of testing these frameworks are still rapidly evolving. We'll take a look at the revolutionary new testing methodologies coming out of Behavior Driven Development. Although the demonstration will be on a Ruby on Rails application running RSpec, we'll also take a look at BDD libraries for Java, .NET, PHP, and even Javascript.
Previous Talks
Object Relational Mapping with ActiveRecord
March 5th, 2008 - Santa Clara, Ca - One of the most powerful features of Ruby is the glue we use to bind the database to the application; ActiveRecord. In this course, we will take a look at the Active Record design pattern and how it's utilized by Ruby to make Object Relational Mapping incredibly simple.
The Future of Web Services
December 13, 2007 - Orlando, FL - Gregg gave a talk at the Orlando Ruby Users Group which gave an overview of REST and talked about the future of Web Services. More Info & View Video.
RESTful XML Web Services with Ruby on Rails
December 4th, 2007 - Boston, MA - Gregg give a talk at the XML 2007 conference & expo on Rails Web Services.
How I learned to love testing
September 13, 2007 - Orlando, FL - Gregg gave a talk at the Orlando Ruby Users Group covering Test Driven Development, and Behavior Driven Development. More Info & View Video.
ActiveRecord Tutorial
July 19, 2007 - Orlando, FL - Gregg talked about ActiveRecord, the Object Relational Mapping for Ruby and Ruby on Rails. More Info & View Video.
Why Ruby on Rails?
April 18, 2007 - San Francisco, CA - Gregg gave a presentation at the Web 2.0 Expo covering the business and developer perspectives of using Ruby on Rails.
Why Ruby on Rails Presentation
March 15, 2007 - Orlando, FL - Gregg gave an introduction to Agile development and Ruby on Rails. More Info & View Video.
Semantic Web Applications with Ruby on Rails
November 15, 2006 - Orlando, FL - Invited to speak at the first big Refresh conference.
Speaking Topics
Jason and I are available for Speaking & Training on the following topics:
- Intro to Ruby
- Intro to Ruby on Rails
- Ruby on Rails Best Practices
- Why Ruby on Rails for Business?
- Test Driven Development with Rails
- Behavior Driven Development with RSpec
- Optimizing your Ruby on Rails apps
- Full Text Search in Rails
- Building RESTful apps
- Caching with Rails
- Deployment with Capistrano
- Source control with Subversion
Contact us if you'd like to request a quote.
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